Sun Rays Basket

The bright rays of the sun, in wide bands of natural-colored raffia. Sun Rays basket is handcrafted in Uganda. The interior fiber forming the core of each coil is banana fiber, around which raffia palm is wrapped. With each wrapping, the fiber is threaded through the previous coil to form the basket. After coiling raffia around the banana stems, artisans use raffia to cover 3 or 4 coils across, then dyed palm leaves are used to make a design in the basket.